
The Unknown Urban Realm
Methodology and Results of a Content Analysis of the Papers presented at the Congress "Citizen and City in the Year 2000"
Ulrich Neveling(Editor)
Kluwer Academic Publishers
Published on 1. July 1973
Book
Paperback/Softback
VI, 190 pages
978-90-247-1524-4 (ISBN)
Description
1.1. Methods of document description and analysis The task of describing and analyzing documents for some specific purpose is fairly old and well known. Although many methods have been evaluated and tested, every new problem needs a new kind of procedure. This is not surprising, because documents are very complex phenomena and their analysis depends on numerous considerations about formal characteristics, language, contents, and the role of man in relation to documents. In general there are at least five different approaches to document description: (a) The hermeneutical method. The main approach here is to interpret a document either in the light of its historical position at the time it was produced or from the viewpoint of its meaning today. Another variant of the hermeneutical method is to interpret the author's motives and intentions in writing the document, either by quoting and interpreting the document itself or by comparing it with the biography of the author. All the various kinds of hermeneutical interpretation try to reconstruct some of the conceptualization of the author, using different terms and systems from those of the author.
More details
Series
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1973
Language
English
Place of publication
Dordrecht
Netherlands
Publishing group
Springer
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Research
Illustrations
11 s/w Abbildungen
VI, 190 p. 11 illus.
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
312 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-247-1524-4 (9789024715244)
DOI
10.1007/978-94-010-2428-0
Schweitzer Classification
Content
1. Introduction.- I Methodology and Research Techniques.- 2. General Description and Discussion of the Approach.- II Application of the Methodology Results of the Content Analysis.- 3. General Remarks on the Applicability of the Analytical Approach.- 4. Content Analysis of the Papers Presented at the VIIth Congress of the European Cultural Foundation.- Summary.- Summary.- 1. Urbanization, planning human environment.- 2. Classification scheme.- 3. Description format.- 4. Explanatory notes to the description format.- 5. Index of tables.- 6. Index of figures.- Biographical Notes.